Slave's daughter who voted for Barack Obama dies aged 110

Amanda Roberts Jones, a slave's daughter who lived to be 110 and voted for
the first African-American US president, Barack Obama, has died, her
family said.

Jones, who died on Thursday, earned attention across the United States
after she mailed in her ballot for President-Elect Barack Obama in late
October. When word of her vote spread, Jones was profiled on National
Public Radio and ABC News.

Her granddaughter, Brenda Baker, said Jones had recently been admitted to
hospital, but she was still preparing for a standing-room only birthday
party Sunday afternoon. She celebrated her birthday on Dec 16.